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Ooer, yes, good luck with editing- that's never any fun. ^_~ I'll be watching, too, and I wish you the best of luck.

It makes me a nervous mess...I hate it, and try to avoid it all costs. I'm usually early; it makes most people happy. - Upton I convince the other that ...

Hmm...possibly witty story; my first impulse would be that it's set historically, but I could be wrong. :wink: Kind of threw me off, though, because you sort of expect it ...

Read Coid Mountain , by Charles Frazier. That'll give you everything, down to bird species...and it's lovely, besides. Granted, the information is from 1864, but often, mountains don't change that ...

Our poor Japanese host student thought there was a war on in the backyard...so, yeah. If it's not covered in English class, or something, other countries don't generally know about.

Don't worry, Snoinkus, most people will only read it if it has the f-word in it...:wink: That is a good point, though, about how the protagonist is usually the loner ...

First off: HIKARU! KAORU! *squeals* Ahem. Thank you. Anyway...glad to see more Closet, Kite Ride! It's good as ever, and Forrest is getting suspisciously close, isn't he? Hmm...^_~ A few ...

Hey, FireArris! Ooh, cool idea for a story- eggs are interesting, because you don't really know what's going to come out of them until they hatch. ^_~ I also thought ...

*hugs CL* I do love your paper critiques; they are lovely, indeed... Especially the last point about the aunts' POV- that was something I would never have thought about, and ...

I remember I used to love how Artemis was portrayed- he was kind of broken; very intelligent but not dashing or charming. I loved it. It was totally a break ...

Lemony Snicket was bad? Ooh, I still love those books...it's totally within my realm of humor. Or maybe I'm just weird? Interstellar Pig - Had to read it for English. ...

They were all a bit addled- but that's why we love them! *hugs Welcome* How is he doing, currently? ...ooer, a Dysfunction Competition. I like the sound of that!

Ooer, I suppose it's because I've not read many books that I've loved and have eaten up my life. Bloody Jack , The Brothers Karamazov , Night , and, most ...

*moved to writing tips* Just remember that you don't have to keep everything in that infodump in the story- but it's a good idea. I had a super info-dumpy exchange ...

My two cents on Number 2 (the rest were all quite good, author13 ^_~): I do not write my novels in Japanese. Hey, I can pretty much hold together a ...